Syside 0.8.7

Syside Changelogs
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Released on 9th April, 2026.

This version’s Python API documentation.

This version’s focus has been on reducing installation friction for Visual Studio Code fork users (such as VSCodium or Cursor), as well as for enterprise users.

Modeler

:laptop: Platform Support

  • Syside Modeler joins Syside Editor on the OpenVSX Marketplace!
    • Syside Modeler users on Visual Studio Code forks can now install Modeler without needing to download VSIX files manually.
    • Syside Modeler users on Visual Studio Code forks will now get auto-updates.

:rocket: Features

  • Add keyboard shortcuts for element and view visualization (Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + E for “Visualise Element” and Ctrl/Cmd + Alt/Option + V for “Visualise View”)
  • Add a setting for providing a custom TLS certificate
  • Use Sensmetry proxy for downloading when Keygen or Cloudflare are unreachable. For more information refer to Troubleshooting documentation.

:bug: Bug Fixes

  • Fix that users had to click on the diagram for the view to update after revisualisation
  • Fix that “Go to Source” from diagrams sometimes led the user to wrong files
  • Fix that visualisation did not honor exclude and include config options from VS Code or syside.toml
  • Fix that Modeler failed to detect missing Java
  • LSP servers must use operating system’s certificate stores
  • Configure default crypto providers on Linux
  • Make LSP start timeout configurable
  • Improve license error recovery when user dismisses prompt

Automator

:bug: Bug Fixes

  • python: Fix that try_load_model did not attach comments with attach_comment
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